font_designer: Richard Austin

Fry’s Ornamented

Fry’s Ornamented font

Fry’s Ornamented is a revival of Ornamented No. 2 which was cut by Richard Austin for Dr. Edmund Fry in 1796. Stephenson, Blake & Co. acquired the type in 1905, and in 1948 they...

Austin Antique

Austin Antique font

“More is better” may have been the motto of Richard Austin of Austin and Son’s Imperial Letter-Foundry on Worship Street at Finsbury Square in London when he designed and cut his Antique typeface. The...

Bell

Bell font

Monotype’s hot metal Bell series from 1931 was based on original types made by the punchcutter Richard Austin for the foundry of John Bell in the 1780s. The different sizes of Monotype’s series were...